The Berenstain Bear cubs learn not to be overly friendly with strangers and give their rules for dealing with them.

Christopher Robin teaches Pooh and Piglet some of the safety rules regarding strangers.

"Elise is scared of everything -- spiders, people, even trees. So she never goes out, night or day. One day a strange thing flies in through the window and lands at her feet. And then there comes a knock at her door. Elise has a visitor."--

"Each morning, a little girl and her dad ride their bike to school. As they twist and turn through the city streets, the little girl sings her bird song for all to hear. But when the girl sees the strange woman in blue carrying a mysterious bag, she goes quiet until the woman is out of sight. One day, when the little girl and her dad are running late, the girl discovers what the woman in blue does with her bag each morning. The surprising revelation...

"Camila the chicken, Mr. Martínez the fox, Phillip the mouse, Rodolfo the cat, Matilda the pig, Mrs. Paquita the owl, and Pepe the ogre, all live on the same street, but nobody talks to anybody else. One day a chain reaction begins that turns this neighborhood into a true community"--

A young bear rejoices in the beauty of his woodland home, but when he wakes up from his winter sleep he has become a boy in a wilderness of tall buildings, in a world run by clocks, where he must learn to fit in, and embark on the adventure of growing up.

Two solitary children living in two different apartment buildings have nothing in common except compassion for an old man and his dog.